2/8/2024 0 Comments The witch part 1 subversion![]() No, seriously, everybody in this movie is somebody’s ex-partner, sibling, or potential future partner. But the most important thing to know here is: everybody wants to either kidnap or ally with Cynthia, and they’re all somehow related to each other. There’s also a brother-sister pair of Shanghainese killers that are unleashed on Cynthia by a different shadowy organization. Still, it’s refreshing to see flirtation and even buddy comedy chemistry as the foundation for many of this movie’s criss-crossing relationships, including the better-developed of the two pairs of mercenaries that chase after Cynthia, the whiskey-and-swears tomboy Jo-hyeon (Seo Eun-soo) and her South African beardo partner ( Justin John Harvey). It’s mostly only potential since “Part 2” feels like an overly elaborate bridge between “Part 1” and an inevitable “Part 3.” Even Cynthia, a clone who was originally named ADP (Ark 1 Datum Point), finds a little potential for romance after she escapes the Ark lab facility and stumbles into Kyung-hee ( Park Eun-bin) and her oafish brother Dae-gil (Sung Yoo-bin). There’s a lot of welcome teenage and teenage-friendly melodrama here and it’s not always what you might expect. The Other One” satisfying is that it’s a sequel and therefore part of a prefabricated narrative and genre. ![]() The Other One” may be lumpier and more unfocused than its predecessor, but it doesn't rehash what came before it.Ī good part of what makes “The Witch: Part 2. I mean, yes, there are several female leads, but more importantly, those characters get to do more than just act out the usual pseudo-empowering revanchist fantasies that pass for bubblegum feminism. That’s all part of these genre hybrids’ appeal: like some of the better American superhero movies and TV shows, “The Witch: Part 1” and its sequel feel like they’re actually trying to appeal to a target audience of teenage boys and girls. There’s a lot of bloodshed in both movies, some rubbery-looking computer graphics mayhem, and a surplus of swearing. ![]()
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